Dimensions: 17.9 x 14.6 cm (plate imprint)
Inscribed on the plate at the bottom: 'D Chodowiecki del & sculps 1783' and 'Sorget nicht fur einen einzelnen Menschen, Sondern | eilet in das Treffen und Steht andern bey.'; illustration for the first volume of Anton Klein's work 'Leben und Bildnisse der grosen Deutschen', Mannheim 1785-91
Condition
framed in passe-partout
Literature
Engelmann 479.I
Biography
Polish-German painter and illustrator. He worked mainly with etchings and was a noted book illustrator. He made illustrations for a calendar published by the Berlin Academy of Arts and Sciences, after which he very quickly gained fame and the numerous commissions that followed. He created more than 2,000 engravings, many genre scenes of bourgeois life - usually in ink and pen - and several oil paintings.
